BME Lab and Science

What BME Lab and Science does

BME Lab and Science is a privately held laboratory equipment service provider founded in 1981 and headquartered in Little Canada, Minnesota. The company delivers NIST-traceable calibration, repair, maintenance, and validation services across eight equipment categories: autoclaves and sterilizers, balances and weights, centrifuges, fume hoods and enclosures, incubators and water baths, laboratory washers, microscopes, and spectrophotometers. Service delivery is performed by field technicians on-site at customer facilities or at BME's in-house service center, and the company holds authorized service relationships with leading manufacturers including Steris, Getinge/Castle, Miele, Tuttnauer, Labconco, and Nuaire.

BME is an independent service provider operating under documented calibration and validation SOPs that comply with NIST reference standards, ANSI/ASHRAE 110-2016 for fume hood testing, and OSHA 1910.1450. The company also employs wireless data logger technology for temperature and humidity mapping during validation studies. It is a woman and minority-owned, employee and founder-owned business and operates as a member company of the Scientific Safety Alliance, a network of eight technical service providers.

The go-to-market model is sales-led and field-service based, with customers engaging via phone (651) 646-5339 or the company website contact form to schedule service. Pricing is quote-based rather than publicly listed, billed on a pay-as-you-go basis. The customer base spans healthcare facilities and research laboratories as primary segments, plus biotechnology, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, environmental testing, manufacturing, water management, agriculture/aquaculture, law enforcement, and education. Primary field service coverage spans nine U.S. states in the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri), with extended coverage through Scientific Safety Alliance sister companies.

Name

BME Lab and Science

Legal name

BME Lab and Science

Website

https://bmelabandscience.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BME Lab and Science is a woman and minority-owned laboratory equipment service provider founded in 1981 in Little Canada, Minnesota, delivering NIST-traceable calibration, repair, maintenance, and validation services across eight equipment categories to healthcare, research, pharmaceutical, and industrial lab customers in the U.S. Upper Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Laboratory Equipment Calibration & Repair Services

NAICS

Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (811210), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821)

akta.pro primary industry

Maintenance, Service Contracts & Equipment Repair (Field Service, Parts) (HLAGAIAN)

Keywords

• Lab equipment calibration
• Instrument repair services
• Preventative maintenance
• Validation services
• NIST-traceable calibration

Headquarters

HQ city

Little Canada

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Lab Equipment Calibration Services: NIST-traceable calibration services for laboratory equipment including autoclaves, balances, centrifuges, spectrophotometers, incubators, and more. Services provided on-site or at BME's service center.
2. Lab Equipment Repair Services: Repair and maintenance services for lab equipment across multiple manufacturers. Includes preventative maintenance packages and emergency repair services.
3. Validation Services: Operational Qualification (OQ) and Performance Qualification (PQ) validation studies for laboratory equipment including temperature and pressure distribution studies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BME Lab and Science provides NIST-traceable calibration, maintenance, repair, and validation services for laboratory equipment across eight categories: autoclaves and sterilizers, balances and weights, centrifuges, fume hoods and enclosures, incubators and water baths, laboratory washers, microscopes, and spectrophotometers. Services are delivered on-site at customer facilities or at the company's service center in Little Canada, MN, serving customers across nine Upper Midwest states. The company is an independent service provider authorized to service equipment from many leading manufacturers.

Product overview

BME Lab and Science is a laboratory equipment service provider offering a portfolio of calibration, maintenance, and repair services for eight equipment categories: Autoclaves & Sterilizers, Balances & Weight Calibration, Centrifuges, Hoods & Enclosures, Incubators & Water Baths, Laboratory Washers, Microscopes, and Spectrophotometers. The company operates as an independent service provider servicing equipment from multiple manufacturers, offering both onsite and in-shop services. They utilize NIST-traceable reference standards and documented SOPs to ensure regulatory compliance across healthcare, research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, food processing, environmental testing, and educational sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Autoclaves & Sterilizers Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% customer repeat rate in Nebraska
• +2 more outcomes

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Scientific Safety AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company / alliance network. BME Lab and Science is part of the Scientific Safety Alliance (SSA), an alliance of the best technical service providers. SSA includes multiple sister companies providing complementary lab certification and testing services.
• Laboratory Certification ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within the Scientific Safety Alliance network providing laboratory certification services.
• CSI TestingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within Scientific Safety Alliance network providing testing services.
• Calyx MetrologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within Scientific Safety Alliance network providing metrology services.
• KeystonecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within Scientific Safety Alliance network.
• AT AnalyticalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within Scientific Safety Alliance network.
• Class 1 AircoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within Scientific Safety Alliance network.
• JP CertificationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within Scientific Safety Alliance network providing certification services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Transcat: Transcat is a publicly traded independent provider of accredited calibration, repair, and laboratory instrument services; a direct independent-services peer with national scope and comparable multi-vendor calibration capabilities.
• Laboratory Certification Services: Direct sister company within the Scientific Safety Alliance providing laboratory certification services; the closest comparable in service offering and governance, providing a clean benchmark for SSA economics.
• JP Certifications: Sister SSA company providing certification services to laboratories; comparable independent service provider model with overlapping regulatory-compliance positioning and shared customer pool.
• CSI Testing: Sister SSA company providing testing services; operates under identical Scientific Safety Alliance structure and shares the multi-vendor authorized-service-provider model BME uses.
• Calyx Metrology: Sister SSA company providing metrology services; directly comparable regional lab-equipment calibration and validation services operating under the same parent alliance and overlapping customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Mettler-Toledo Service: Mettler-Toledo operates a direct service network for balances and laboratory instruments; an OEM-affiliated provider competing in the same balances and pipette calibration niche BME addresses.
• Avantor Services: Avantor (formerly VWR) provides equipment services alongside its distribution business, including calibration and repair for laboratory instruments; a broad incumbent offering services as part of a wider life-science portfolio.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Unity Lab Services): Unity Lab Services is Thermo Fisher's multi-vendor lab-services arm providing calibration, validation, and asset management; represents the dominant OEM-affiliated competitor BME contends with in pharma and biotech accounts.
• Agilent CrossLab Services: Agilent's CrossLab enterprise services organization offers calibration, repair, and compliance services across instruments globally; an OEM-affiliated broad incumbent that competes for the same lab-services wallet, especially with regulated customers.

Regional players

• Tektronix (Tek-Source) Calibration Services: Tektronix provides calibration services across electronic and precision test instruments; comparable in field-service calibration methodology but focused more on electronic test equipment than life-science lab instruments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bme-lab-and-science

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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